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Technology

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, or its resulting tools and machines
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Stage 1 of 2
tekhne
Greek · ancient
"art, skill, craft"
art, skill, craft, combined with logos (study)
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Stage 2 of 2
technology
English · 1610s
"the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes"
settled as the English word for the application of scientific knowledge to practical purposes
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